Some blood parameters and immune status of broiler chickens when using phytobiotic supplements in the diet
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article describes studies on the effect of introducing phytobiotic additives into the diet of Ross 308 cross broiler chickens, consisting of seeds of oilseeds and essential oil herbs - coriander, milk thistle, nigella, on the metabolism and immune status of the bird. The results showed an increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood by 7% and an increase in hemoglobin levels by 5% in chickens whose main diet was supplemented with a mixture of nigella and milk thistle, which indicates more intense redox processes in the body. Chickens that consumed a mixture of milk thistle with nigella and coriander had higher levels of protein metabolism and a decrease in the level of aminotransferase enzymes. There was an increase in cellular and humoral nonspecific protective factors in broiler chickens, in whose main diet phytobiotics were introduced, which indicates a higher level of natural immunological reactivity in poultry of the experimental groups.
Source: The Agrarian Scientific Journal
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4409682496